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detonating, ppl. a.|ˈdɛtəneɪtɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That detonates. a. That explodes with sudden loud report, explosive, as detonating gas; b. That causes, or is used in producing, detonation, as detonating primer, detonating tube; c. esp. That explodes by a blow, or is used in explosion by percussion, as detonating hammer, detonating powder.
detonating ball, a toy ball filled with a fulminating powder, exploding on percussion; detonating bulb, the small glass bulb also called Prince Rupert's drop, which flies to pieces on a slight scratch; detonating gun, a fire-arm which is fired by means of a detonating agent (as a percussion-cap) instead of by the application of a match or spark.
1808Henry Epit. Chem. (ed. 5) 131 By firing it in a detonating tube over mercury. Ibid. 224 A new detonating compound of silver. 1814Ann. Reg. 324 These detonating-balls were calculated to effect abundant mischief. 1817Sporting Mag. L. 257, I got from Joseph Manton a detonating gun. 1824P. Hawker Instr. Y. Sportsm. 67 To fire with detonating powder, the gun requires to be much stronger than that used for a flint. 1840D. P. Blaine Encycl. Sports (1870) 752 The Percussion or Detonating System of Gun Firing. 1856Engineer 428/2 (heading) Detonating Arms. Ibid., A cap containing detonating powder, covered by a preparation of shellac. 1869Echo 9 Oct., ‘It is dangerous to play with edged’, and still more with detonating ‘tools’. 1879Lockyer Elem. Astron. iii. 138 At times meteors..are heard to explode with great noise; these are called detonating meteors. |